How to remove the `host` tag when submitting metrics via dogstatsD

In some cases you may want to take advantage of the features available with dogstatsD but do not necessarily need to view the metrics broken down by a host tag or may be looking to reduce the number of tags on a given metric.

To remove the host tag from being applied when submitting metrics via dogstatsD you can set the host tag to nothing as seen here:

And as always, please feel free to reach out to support@datadoghq.com if you are looking for help with your custom metrics.

DISCLAIMER: When removing the host tag you are removing a unique identifier for the submission of custom metrics. When two datapoints are submitted with the same timestamp/metric/tag combination and do not have unique identifiers the last received/processed value will overwrite the value stored. To avoid this edge case, please ensure that no host is submitting the same exact metric/tag combination at any given timestamp